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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Atlanta, GA | Posted: March 12, 2007
Ratings system has favored 22 of past 28 Final Four teams
Atlanta Journal Constitution * March 12, 2007
The work of three ISyE professors was featured in the AJC for creating a system to rate tournament teams. The system, called A Logistic Regression/Markov Chain Model for NCAA Basketball, "predicted tournament games more accurately than the selection committee's seedings, the RPI, the Associate Press, and ESPN/USA Today polls and the Massey and Sagarin ratings." And it's free for the download. Read full article here.
